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Committees - Minutes, Agendas and Reports

All Council and Committee documents can be found on the pages below. Downloads giving information about committee memberships, dates of council and committee meetings and the powers delegated to committees and officers are shown on the right-hand side of this page..

Democratic Services will send you a copy of any minutes, reports or other information that you are unable to find on these pages. To do this, send a request using committees@cravendc.gov.uk or the contact details set out on the right below.

  • Audit and Governance Committee

    The Audit and Governance Committee plays a key role within the Council's corporate governance arrangements and seeks to improve and maintain the corporate focus on the issues arising from risk management, internal control mechanisms, internal and external audit, and financial statements.

  • Community Grants Sub-Committee

  • Council Meeting

    The Council Meeting is the sovereign policy making body and is made up of all 30 members of the Council. All Council and other committee and sub-committee meetings are open to the public, except when exempt matters are being discussed.

  • Craven Spatial Planning Sub-Committee

  • Licensing Committee

    The Licensing Committee considers all issues arising from the Licensing Act 2003 and all other licensing matters for which the Council is responsible, such as taxis (hackney carriages and private hire).

  • Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee

    The Sub-Committee deals with applications and appeals relating to the Council's licensing functions which are not delegated to officers.

  • Select Committee (formerly known as the Overview and Scrutiny Committee)

    The overview and scrutiny function is to assist in the development of new and review of existing policy, as well as scrutinise decisions of the Council, which may be outside the Council's budget and policy framework.

  • Planning Committee

    The Committee is responsible for making decisions on planning applications, planning enforcement and other operational planning and building control matters, which require a decision by Councillors.

  • Policy Committee

    The Policy Committee and its sub-committees (Community Grants and Craven Spatial Planning) exercise the Council's powers in making decisions or recommendations on all major non-regulatory matters.

  • Standards Committee

    The role of the Committee is to promote and maintain high standards of conduct fir District and Parish Councillors and to advise Councillors on matters of conduct. The Committee's terms of reference cover reviewing and monitoring of the Council's Member-related Protocols and the Code of Conduct.